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People pay homage to earthquake victims in Mexico City on September 19th, 2018, on the anniversary of two deadly earthquakes.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Relatives and friends mourn during the funeral of 26-year-old Ezequiel Leiva, who died in the hospital three months after being injured during anti-government protests, on September 18th, 2018, in Managua, Nicaragua.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A demonstrator holds an American flag emblazoned with the names of victims who were fatally wounded by police officers.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People walk through a flooded shopping mall in the Heng Fa Chuen district during Super Typhoon Mangkhut in Hong Kong, China, on September 16th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

The protesters have occupied a community of tree houses for six years to oppose a nearby coal mine.

• By Emily Moon

A resident secures the roof of his house to a tree in preparation for Super Typhoon Mangkhut.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Catalan separatists take to the streets during a pro-independence demonstration on September 11th, 2018, in Barcelona, Spain, marking the National Day of Catalonia.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Hurricane Florence gains strength in the Atlantic Ocean as it moves west, seen from the International Space Station on September 10th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Demonstrators take part in a march against President Daniel Ortega's government in Managua, Nicaraguan, on September 9th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Protests swelled in Iraq's second-largest city this week as residents experienced power shortages and went without clean water.

• By Jack Herrera

A member of the LGBT community celebrates the Supreme Court's decision to strike down a colonial-era ban on gay sex in Mumbai, India, on September 6th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Iraqis protest against the government and the lack of basic services outside the regional government headquarters in the southern city of Basra on September 5th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Brazilian presidential candidate for the Democratic Labour Party, Ciro Gomes, campaigns in downtown Sao Paulo, Brazil, on September 4th, 2018, ahead of the October 7th national election.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Costumed dancers participate in the annual West Indian Day Parade on September 3rd, 2018, in Brooklyn. The parade is one of the biggest celebrations of Caribbean culture in North America.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Thousands celebrated the singer's life and legacy during a final send-off in her hometown this week.

• By Emily Moon

Female members of the Chinese People's Liberation Army honor guard wait to greet Sierra Leone President Julius Maada Bio during a welcome ceremony in the Great Hall of the People on August 30th, 2018, in Beijing, China.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A policeman takes fingerprints of a Venezuelan migrant as a group of migrants wait to apply for resident visas or temporary stay permits at an Interpol facility in Lima, Peru, on August 29th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A young child stands under a shelter as monsoon rains hit on August 28th, 2018, in Unchiprang refugee camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People holding German flags arrive at a right-wing protest gathering near a statue of Karl Marx the day after a man was stabbed and died of his injuries on August 27th, 2018, in Chemnitz, Germany.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Flowers and notes are placed in tribute to Senator John McCain outside a mortuary in Phoenix, Arizona, on August 26th, 2018.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

A new outbreak of the deadly virus has killed dozens in one of the world's poorest countries.

• By Jack Herrera

People carry a cross for a grave on August 23rd, 2018, in Mangina, North Kivu province, Democratic Republic of the Congo.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

People rest at a relief camp in Aluva on August 22nd, 2018, in Kerala, India, where rescue efforts continue this week.

• By Pacific Standard Staff

Residents walk among debris in the village of Sugian on Indonesia's Lombok Island on August 21st, 2018, after a series of recent earthquakes.

• By Pacific Standard Staff